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CfP: EASA2012: Uncertainty and disquiet
Nanterre University, France, 10 – 13/07/2012
(W129) Reducing complexity: transformation of capital cities
Convenors
Ilka Thiessen (Vancouver Island University)
Goran Janev (Institute for Sociological Political and Juridical Research,
Skopje)
Short Abstract
This panel will explore the responses to the post-1989 transformation of
European capitals, as well as recent responses to the financial crisis, by
looking at how the symbolic power of cities experience the transformation
of public spaces.
Long Abstract
Just twenty years ago half of Europe hastily jumped from socialism towards
capitalism. Reinforcing nationalism was one of the ways to overcome the
transitional anxiety. The European version of cosmopolitan supra-national
identity had and still has to compete with particular nationalist
representations in the 'new' countries of a united Europe.
As most revolutions happen in capital cities, we seek for ethnographic
accounts, that reveal the discrepancy between the imposition of the
governmental symbolic order in the public space of capital cities, and
creation of everyday lived spaces. Considering the symbolic power that
capitals pose, the transformations of the public space in these cities can
reveal the aspirations of the political elites in these countries. This
panel will explore the responses to the post-1989 transformation of
European capitals, as well as recent responses to the financial crisis,
and constant threat of recession and economic downfall. We are interested
both in the nation-state abuse of the idea of capital cities, and the
production of appropriate political subjects. Following this, we will look
at the resistance produced by ordinary citizens, artists, and other actors
who exercise their right to create a public space that is an inclusive
open democratic space.
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa2012/panels.php5?PanelID=1360
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